Cigar-preserver.



E. BRECKENFELD.

4 CIGAR PBESERVEYR. .APPLICATION FILED ocT.I3.I9I1.

1,252,440. y Patented Apr. 9,1918.

ELMER BRECKENFELD, 0F RACINE, WISCONSIN.

CIGAR-PRESERVER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application Ied October 13, 1917. Serial No. 196,498.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER BREGKENFELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of TWisconsin, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Cigar-Preservers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in cigar moisteners, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a device of this nature which may be placed in the box in which the cigars are ordinarily sold.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved means for supporting the device in the box.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which 1s simple and durable in construction, reliable and efficient in operation and one which can be manufactured and placed upon the market at a minimum cost,

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In Adescribing myinvention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure l is a cross sectional view of the upper portion of a box of cigars with my device in place.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the moistener alone with one of the securing pins in inoperative position.

In these figures 1 indicates the cigar box with a few of the cigars removed therefrom to afford space for the moistener. This moistener is indicated at 2 and consists of a box-like receptacle having a sponge or the like therein and having perforations i in its sides. The top of the box is provided with an opening closed by a stopper 5. To each side of the receptacle is secured a strip 6 of suitable material having its ends projecting beyond the ends of the box. These strips are parallel to each other and vhave a pair of openings at their ends to receive the pins 7. These pins are each provided with a head S and a button 9 midway of its ends which is adapted to engage with the inner faces of the strips to prevent the pin from being entirely removed from the strips.

In using the device a number of cigars are removed from the box so as to make room for the moistener. The moistener is then inserted with one of the strips in engagement with one of the sides of the box. The pins are then forced inwardly so that the ends pass into the box and thus hold the device in place. When the box becomes empty the pins may be pulled out so as to release the device from the box and then said device may be inserted in a new box.

The sponge is moistened and then placed in the receptacle and the moistened air will pass through the openings 4 from the receptacle and circulate in the box of cigars.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make slight changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What Iclaim is n A cigar moistener comprising a perforated receptacle, strips secured to the sides thereof and having their ends projecting beyond the ends of the receptacle, alining openings in the ends of said strips and pins slidably engaging with the openings at the ends of the strips with their points projecting to engage the cigar box, a head on the end of each pin for limiting its movement in one direction, and a button intermediate the ends of each pin for limiting its movement in the other direction.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

ELMER BRECKENFELD.

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